midterm- the fall of the house of usher – Flashcards
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setting of the house of usher
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dark, autumn, cloudy
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description of the Usher house
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bleak, overgrown yard, supernatural, dreary
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who was roderick usher in relation to the narrator
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boyhood companion
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why did the narrator come to the Usher house
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roderick wished to see him; mental disorder opressed him
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what was peculiar of the the narrator's boyhood association with roderick?
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he knew nothing about him
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what was the usher family good at
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math
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what was the significance of rocerick and madeline
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last of the family line
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who is madeline
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his sister
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what was all over the walls of the house
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fungi
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description of the inside of the house
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carved/vaulted ceilings, dark floors, dark drapes, usless antique furniture
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who did the narrator meet on the stair case
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doctor
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where was Roderick laying when the narrator came in
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couch
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roderick's description
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cadaverous, think lips, nose of a hebrew, finely molded chin, weblike hair
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what does roderick blame his illness on
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curse
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what did roderick suffer from
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sentive senses
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why hadn't roderick gone out for years
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because he was very superstitious
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what does he blame the gloom which afflicts him on
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illness of his sister
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what was wrong with madeline
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she was cataleptical; she had no feeling, opposite to her brother
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what happened the night that the narrator arrived
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madeline died
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what did the narrator and roderick do to alleviate the death of madeline
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painted and read
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what was the significance of roderick's songs
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reflected his mental state
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what was his song called
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the haunted palace
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what is "the haunted palace" and allusion to
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the degeneration of the Usher house
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what were they searching for in the mystic books
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answer to the curse which degenerated the house
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where did roderick plan to store lady madeline's body
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in a vault within the main walls of the building
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what was the place like where madeline's body was kept
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donjon like, where explosives are kept
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when the narrator opens the coffins, what does he infer about Madeline and Roderick
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twins
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what was odd about when Madeline's appearance in her coffin
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her cheeks were blushed and she had a faint smile on her lips
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what changed in roderick after they laid madeline in her coffin
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she became more aware, more despressed, terrified
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what does the narrator write off roderick's claim on seeing "it"?
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says hes just seeing things
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what did the narrator read to roderick to calm him down
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mad trist of sir lancelot canning
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what happened while reading Sir Lancelot
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the sounds of the story came to life
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what did roderick say they had done to madelinee
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put her living in the tomb
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how does roderick die
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madeline falls on him and kills him
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what happened to the usher house
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it collapsed into the tarn
